EX-3.1 3 filename3.htm

Exhibit 3.1

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 02:12 PYI 10/22/2021

FILED 02:12 PM 10122/2021

SR 20213590502 - File Number 6328975

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

HANRYU HOLDINGS, INC.

A DELAWARE CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of this corporation shall be Hanryu Holdings, Inc. (the "Corporation").

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED OFFICE

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, Suite 403-B, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is VCorp Services, LLC.

ARTICLE III

CORPORATE PURPOSE

The purpose or purposes of the corporation shall be to carry on any and all business and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE IV

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred ten million (110,000,000), consisting of one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

1. Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock shall be equal to every other share of Common Stock in every respect. The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in lieu of meetings); provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or pursuant to the General Corporation Law. There shall be no cumulative voting. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by (in addition to any vote of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock that may be required by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation) the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes represented by all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law.

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2. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may divide the Preferred Stock into any number of series, fix the designation and number of each such series, and determine or change the designation, relative rights. preferences. and limitations of any series of Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors (within the limits and restrictions of the adopting resolutions) may also increase or decrease the number of shares of Preferred Stock initially fixed for any series, but no decrease may reduce the number below the shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding and duly reserved for issuance.

ARTICLE V

BYLAWS PROVISIONS

1. Amendment of Bylaws. Subject to any additional vote required by this Certificate or bylaws of the Corporation (the "Bylaws"), in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind any or all of the Bylaws.

2. Number of Directors. Subject to any additional vote required by this Certificate, the number of directors of the Corporation will be determined in the manner set forth in the Bylaws.

3. Ballot. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

4. Meeting and Books. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the Bylaws.

ARTICLE VI

LIMITATION OF DIRECTORS' LIABILITY

A Director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the Director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (ii i) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director derived any improper personal benefit. [f the DGCL is amended after the effective date of this Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

ARTICLE Vll

INDEMNIFICATION

(A) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, directors, officers, employees. other agents of the corporation and any other persons to which the DGCL permits the corporation to provide all indemnification. Such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal legal representatives.

(B) The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article X shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation. the Bylaws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.

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(C) Any repeal or modification of this Article X, by amendment of such section or by operation of law, shall not adversely effect any right or protection of a director, officer, employee or other agent of the corporation existing at the time of. or increase the liability of any such person with respect to acts or omissions in their capacity as a director, officer, employee, or other agent of the corporation occurring prior to, such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE VIII

EXCLUSIVE FORUM

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, as further provided below, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation's stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case subject to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware having jurisdiction over the subject matter and personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties name as defendants therein, or (v) any action asserting an "internal corporate claim" as that term is defined in Section 1 t 5 of the DGCL. Cases involving claims for which the Court of Chancery lacks jurisdiction shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF lNCORPORATION

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE X

ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN CREDITORS

Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 29 l of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this corporation, as the case may be, and also on th is corporation.

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ARTICLE XI

STOCK REPURCHASES

For purposes of Section 500 of the California Corporations Code (to the extent applicable), in connection with any repurchase of shares of Common Stock permitted under this Certificate of Incorporation from employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company in connection with a termination of employment or services pursuant to agreements or arrangements approved by the Board of Directors (in addition to any other consent required under this Certificate of Incorporation), such repurchase may be made without regard to any "preferential dividends arrears amount" or "preferential rights amount" (as those terms are defined in Section 500 of the California Corporations Code). Accordingly, for purposes of making any calculation under California Corporations Code Section 500 in connection with such repurchase, the amount of any "preferential dividends arrears amount" or "preferential rights amount" (as those terms are defined therein) shall be deemed to be zero (0).

ARTICLE XII

INCORPORATOR

The name and mailing address of the incorporator is as follows:

NAME ChangHyuk Kang |  | MAILING ADDRESS Room 1702 397 Seocho-Daero, Seocho Gu Seoul, Korea

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I, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, do make, file and record this Certificate, and do certify that the facts herein stated are true, and I have accordingly hereunto set my hand this 20th day of October, 2021.

/s/ ChangHyuk Kang

ChangHyuk Kang

Sole Incorporator

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